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Röyksopp’s Women: Listen to “Junior” In Full.
RÖYKSOPP-Happy Up There
After the mild disappointment that was their second opus “The Understanding”; Röyksopp, Norway’s biggest electronica export, are back to their most pop-tastic form in “Junior”.
The duo from Bergen has scheduled two albums to be released in 2009, when “Junior” is about to hit the shops and can be listened in full at the band’s myspace page; it will be followed by “Senior” at the end of the year. First impressions are more than positive . The album is packed with potential singles, most of them helped in the vocal field by the cream of Today’s cutting edge Scandinavian female artists. After the jump, a quick look at Röyksopp’s women. Read the rest of this entry »
2009 MUSIC A-Z: E for Eternal Summers
Eternal Summers “Able To” from Indianface on Vimeo.
The rise of pedal distortion- led pop-rock, from the garage revival of the Vivian Girls to the fuzz and rawness of Times New Viking, is currently one of the creative fronts in popular music. And the E of 2009 is likely to add some more wood to this fire with brand new names such an Eternal Summers. In the jaunty and tuneful side of indie rock, this boy-girl duo’s debut EP is quickly earning them a great deal of devotion around the blogosphere.
Other recent source of hipness is the influence of Afrobeat in today’s US leftfield bands and in 2009 will keep on expanding. One of its most visible examples, Extra Golden , the band that’s made of the merging between Kenyan Benga music and American rock their USP, got a new album “Thank You Very Quickly.” Read the rest of this entry »
2009 MUSIC A-Z: D for Dr. Dre
DR. DRE FEAT. T.I. & NAS-Topless
The D of 2008 already belongs to hip-hop thanks to one of the most awaited comebacks of the decade. In fact is over ten years now since Dr. Dre released his last studio album. This long hiatus by one of the most influential figures of the genre has only served to fuel all sorts of speculations. Delayed again from its 2008 planned Christmas release, it is already being joked at as rap’s very own “Chinese Democracy”. You tube and the interned are currently plagued with videos and clips of songs allegedly included in the album, none of them particularly remarkable, but so far there’s no official confirmation of its tracklist. “Detox” will certainly be one of the most scrutinized albums of the year, and the arrival of Dre’s protégée Eminem new studio album benefiting from some of his Midas production touches, will help boosting the expectations. Read the rest of this entry »
Listen to TV On The Radio; Hot Chip; Franz Ferdinand; etc. in new War Child benefit compilation “Heroes”
War Child, the charity organization that provides opportunities and long-time solutions for war affected children all over the world, once responsible for the Rober winner compilation “Help”, has prepared a new star studded album to be released shortly. Read the rest of this entry »
Listen to the new Red Hot compilation curated by The National
Until its release on February 17th, The Red Hot Organisation – an international charity dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS, founded on the premise that even without a cure, AIDS remains a preventable disease and music is a great vehicle to raise money and awareness for it – will be streaming one new song a day from their latest project Dark Was The Night; curated by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, who have gathered together an impressive group of artists and a total of 32 exclusive tracks recorded for the compilation. It will be available as a double cd/triple vinyl/download. You can listen to the tracks here.
This is the 20th year of Red Hot, and this is the 20th release, since their first iconic and Rober award winner “Red Hot + Blue” in which artists such as Neneh Cherry, David Byrne, kd Lang, Les Negresses Vertes, Neville brothers and many others covered Cole Porter’s standards hoping to help the audience gaining awareness about the disease and its prevention.
The tracklist goes as follows: Read the rest of this entry »
REVIEW 2008: TOP 50 ALBUMS (25-1)
And our favorite albums of the year are… Read the rest of this entry »
REVIEW 2008: TOP 50 ALBUMS (50-26)
And last but not least, the countdown of our favorite albums from 2008 begins. Every selected record with links to as many relevant audiovisual material as we could gather, including many albums in full. The chosen ones after the jump.
Y como colofón, la cuenta atras de nuestros albums favoritos del 2008. Cada album escogido viene acompañado por el mayor numero de enlaces a su material audiovisual relevante que hemos podido encontrar. En muchos casos, incluimos el disco en su totalidad. Los elegidos, tras el salto.
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REVIEW 2008: LISTEN TO THE ROBERAWARDS PLAYLIST
For the first time in our history, we have compiled all the songs we loved from this year’s Rober charts, next to rarities, curious remixes and other surprises, on a playlist available for you to listen through the popular blog aggregator The Hype Machine. It will also be displayed in our Last FM player, located on the right hand side of our blog, scrolling down a bit.
For those who want a full recap of the last twelve months of music, The Rober Awards 2008 playlist can be enjoyed here.
A smaller sampler can be also found in a widget after the jump.
Por primera vez in nuestra historia, hemos recopilado todas las canciones de las listas Rober, junto a rarezas, curiosos remixes y otras sorpresas, en una playlist que puede escucharse en la popular website The Hype Machine y en los próximos días estará igualmente disponible en nuestro player de Last FM, localizado a la derecha de nuestro blog, desplazando para abajo la barra lateral.
Para todos aquellos que quieran dar un completo repaso a los últimos doce meses de música, La Playlist de los Rober Awards 2008 puede disfrutarse aquí.
Una pequeña selección de los temas incluidos en el widget tras el salto.
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REVIEW 2008: TOP 100 SINGLES (25-1)
25-LITTLE BOOTS-Stuck On Repeat (Listen Original Version Here)
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REVIEW 2008: TOP 100 SINGLES (50-26)
50-ERYKAH BADU-The Healer (Listen original version here)
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REVIEW 2008: HONORARY MENTIONS – 21 BLOG DARLINGS
THE SHORTWAVE SET-No Social
Collectively nicknamed as Blog Rock, during this decade a big number of new artists discovered by the increasing presence of music blogs online, have grown to be a parallel world coexisting with the big-buck marketing of the four majors oligopoly, being a true engine for the industry’s renewal. Their influence was felt and in some cases intercepted, with some high profile ones closing down and some others watching their contents and ethos being modified. The remaining ones still fulfilled their gatekeeping role with clockwork precision and the following names were among their luckiest findings.
Apodados colectivamente como blog rock, durante esta decada un gran número de artistas noveles descubiertos por la creciente presencia de blogs musicales se han convertido en un mundo paralelo, coexistiendo con el ostentoso marketing del oligopolio de las cuatro grandes y consolidándose como un auténtico motor para la renovación de la industria. Su influencia se hacia notar y en algunos casos era interceptada, con algunos ejemplos notables cerrando sus puertas y otros viendo como sus contenidos y ética eran alterados. Los que quedaban siguieron cumpliendo su papel de filtro con precisión casi mecánica y los siguientes nombres se encontraron entre sus hallazgos más felices. Read the rest of this entry »
REVIEW 2008: HONORARY MENTIONS – 10 NEAR RETURNS TO FORM
LAMBCHOP-Slipped Dissolved And Loosed
“Their best record for a decade” (sometimes stretched up to two) was one of the most repeated mottos by musical reviewers this year, showing the huge number of veteran glories, mostly from the nineties and the eighties, that polished their decaying careers once again, pushed in many cases by the live circuit’s good health and growing demand for established names. None of the following Academy’s heroes from the past gave their best shot in 2008, but at least they generated welcome signs of creative recovery.
“Su mejor disco en una década” (a veces se estiraba hasta dos) se ha convertido en una de las cantinelas más repetidas durante el año por la crítica musical para constatar la cantidad de veteranas glorias, mayormente de los noventa y ochenta, que volvían a dar lustre a sus decaídas carreras, motivados en muchos casos por el empuje que la buena salud de los circuitos del directo y su creciente demanda de músicos consagrados proporcionaba. Ninguno de los siguientes héroes del pasado de la Academia nos obsequió con su mejor esfuerzo, pero todos ofrecían señales inequívocas de recuperación creativa. Read the rest of this entry »
REVIEW 2008: HONORARY MENTIONS – 10 NOISE MAKERS
HARVEY MILK-A Maelstrom Of Bad Decisions
Hard sounds kept their unstoppable comeback. Since Mastodon performed first aid to the genre, metal and all its variations have been gathering new followers. Meanwhile, garage rock’s classic tradition, carried its global expansion like dynamite exploding from the American indie label In The Red ; and punks, next to other guitar distortion specialists, claimed their original strength reinstalled, after years of sponsored debilitation into the mainstream.
Los sonidos duros seguían su imparable proceso de vuelta. Desde que Mastodon le hiciera los primeros auxilios, el metal en sus múltiples vertientes sigue cosechando nuevos acólitos. Mientras tanto; el tradicional rock garajero desde el sello americano In The red se expandía como la pólvora por todo el mundo y los punks junto a otros especialistas en distorsión guitarrera volvían a reclamar su fuerza original, tras años de reblandecimiento esponsorizado. Read the rest of this entry »
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